Thirty-seven public, school, and academic librarians here share "how we did outreach good" and produce a joyful collection. These examples will inspire and fire up staff involved with event planning, programming, and extending their library's presence and effectiveness in the community. Beyond a bounty of ideas are practical suggestions and examples that can be used for the library to approach organizations, groups, and governmental entities for grant applications. While the creative is foremost, the financial and efficient are also addressed with the essential details of who did what, how it was funded, and the nature of follow-up. This reviewer's favorite example—the Edible Book Contest—comes complete with advice on cleanup and disasters. VERDICT Success always requires resources, dedication, and much planning, but even the smallest library with a handful of staff could benefit from this book. Wherever there is a need to increase awareness of library services in the community or reach out to groups that are under utilizing your library, this handbook can be useful. For all libraries.—J. Sara Paulk, Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Cty. Lib., Fitzgerald, GA

Many libraries will find this well-written book very useful. Tunstall (information assistant, Indian Trails P.L., Wheeling, IL) started as a page at her the library, where she has gone on to become the supervisor of pages and shelving. She takes you step by step through the process of recruiting, interviewing, and hiring shelvers. Screening tests, along with interview questions and employment letters, are also included. Training, maintaining shelver performance, and evaluations are thoroughly covered. Forms and tools are included in appendixes, with samples of three different letters to candidates, training slips, job descriptions, work assignments and logs, sample reports, a conduct agreement, a manual for shelvers, and more. VERDICT Both new and experienced supervisors have much to gain by using this book. Additional tools can be found on a listed web site, which contains usable forms. This down-to-earth, easy-to-use resource should be purchased by all supervisors who oversee shelvers in their libraries. Highly recommended.—Marie Bruni, Huntington Memorial Lib., Oneonta, NY

Although this volume of collected essays states that it will guide scholars of rhetoric and composition who are undertaking archival research, other researchers will benefit from it as well. It is divided into four sections, with essays on general information for using archives, accessing archives, working with archival material, and creating an archive as part of the research process. Interspersed throughout are personal accounts of individuals' experiences in the archives. At first glance, this book might seem overly specific, but readers will in fact find the depth of useful information impressive. From basic introductions to what an archive is to discussions of how archivists process and organize collections, the book includes helpful information for scholars at all stages of their careers. With accounts of archival research experiences, librarian and archivist contributions on the theory and practice of archival processing, using archival material to create a narrative or answer theoretical questions, and more, the editors have created a distinctly useful text. VERDICT Recommended for students and libraries working with graduate programs in the humanities and social sciences.—Jessica Moran, Metropolitan Transportation Commission-Association of Bay Area Govts. Lib., Oakland, CA